The Spare Bed

Wheii I go to the country to visit ïny relations, writes ïtt. Quacl, the spare bed rises up beforo ïny iniagimrtion days before I start, a;id 1 shiver as 1 renaember how eold and gruvfelike tho sheets aro. I pit oft' tho vi.sit as long :m pösaible, solely on account oi' that spare bed. I ; don't liko to toll that I had rather sleep on a pioket fcnce tliau to enter that spare room and oreep into that spare bod, and so they know ïiotliinp; of my sidfering. The upare bod is always as near a müe and a half from the rost of the beds as it can be put. it is oither np stairs at tho head of tho hall or ofl' tho parlor. Tho parlor curtains havo not boon raised for woeks ; everything is a.s prim a au old maid's bonnet, and tho bod is as Kquaro and tme as if it had boon made np to a carpenter'a rule. No matter whether it bo summor or winter, tho bod is liko ico, and it sinks down in a way to make one shiver. Tho nhoots aro ,slippery olean( tho pillow slips rustió lifee shroude, and one dare not stretch his leg down for fear of kiokiug against a tomín Btone. Ono sinks down until he is lost in tho hollow, and foot liy loot tin; prhfl bedpostá vanish from sight. Ho is worm out and sloopy, but he knows the rest of the faniily are so far awy that no one could hoar him if ho shouïd hout for an iiour, and this mftkos him nervous. Ha wonners 11 any onc ever cueu 111 uum voorn, mul stniiglitwiiy he seos faces of doad persons, hears stzange noises, ami ! presently foels a chili galli l)iug np aiul I down his back. DkI my one Over paas a tiomfortablo night in a Erpure bed 'i No matter liow many quüte and Bpreadsooyered kim, hú oould aot get warm, and il' he aöcidentelfy iVll aeleep it was to wake with u start niidcr the impressios that n dead mait wae pnlling his aoöe. H will bc days and weeks before He recoTert! trom tlic iniincusiiiu, niid yet ho nmsl; suffer in eilence, beoauae the spare bed u :i,nsii'-iicd liim in toton of esteemand all'ection. -Albanij Journal,